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Apple Reportedly Heading Off iPhone 'Glassgate'
alphadogg writes "Apple is reportedly working behind the scenes to address scratching and cracking of the iPhone's glass back panel by certain third-party cases. This 'Glassgate' story got rolling with a report in the gdgt newsletter by Ryan Block, who says he spoke with sources inside and outside of Apple about this issue, but was unable to get an official Apple comment. Block writes: 'Apple has apparently found that non-bumper style cases — specifically those that slide onto the iPhone 4, which are occasionally prone to particulate matter getting caught between the rear of the phone and the case — can cause unexpected scratching that could quickly develop into full-on cracking or even much larger fracturing of the entire rear pane of glass. To put it another way: Apple is afraid you might buy a standard slide-on iPhone case, put it on your phone, and then discover the next time you take it off that the entire back of your device has been shattered by no fault of your own.' Apple is said to be taking it seriously, looking to avoid the sort of backlash it got when reports surfaced over the summer that the iPhone 4's antennas didn't work correctly when users gripped the phones in a certain (and quite natural) way."
thank god
if apple could have come up with a way to reject the offending third-party cases, they would have by now.
Next up assgate, you don't want to know about this defect trust me.
Don't make things that are exposed to shocks, scratches and scrapes out of glass! Use diamondoid materials instead.
I laughed at the weak who considered themselves good because they lacked claws.
glass-mageddon?
"Those users are putting their cases on wrong." - Steve Jobs, master of customer service
"16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
Too bad the back of your phone has cosmetic damage. Maybe if you had some type of case on hand, you could cover it up and never worry about it again.
An iCase will solve this problem (not to be confused with an iJob, iGates or an iSteve) NEVER accept a cheaper alternative.
Read the scripture here:
http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/guidelinesfor3rdparties.html
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
glass-ocaplyse?
glass-aster?
just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand!
I see some kind of subversive conspiracy involved with your comments. /. submissions?
Would you be willing to testify before Congress about your
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
This culminated when the entryway for the driveway for Microsoft's founder was found to be vandalized, I called it Gates's gate-gate.
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
iKristallnacht?
Too soon?
why does every type of problem that anyone encounters now have to be suffixed with "gate". Not every problem is the result of a conspiracy to cover up illegal activity, so the analogy doesn't really fit imo. Looks like this was just a case (no pun intended) of design oversight.
Indeed, we'll look into this "Problemgate" immediately!
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